The story
- Late Latin · derived fromflasca
- Old French · derived fromflasche
- Old French · derived fromflaschet
- Middle English · inherited fromflasket
- English todayflasket
From Middle English flasket, from Old French flaschet, diminutive of Old French flasche, from Late Latin flasca. Related to Welsh fflasged (“a vessel of straw or wickerwork”), fflasg (“flask, basket”), and English flask.
Words from the same roots
Late Latinflasca all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.